John Hibbard & Anthony Cooper are the first two stand up paddlers to take part in, and complete the 125 mile Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race. Its a huge achievement in terms of stamina and a fantastic first for the two SUPers. John tells us all about it.

Steve Carter, Jay Manning, Claire Blacklock, Mel Chapman and Matt Argyle were invited up to Henley on Thames, location of the famous Henley Royal Regatta, by the Henley Dragon Boat Club. Matt Argyle tells us more :

Calvin Tom runs Board Fisher a website specialising in gear if you want to get into the water on your stand up paddle board and catch some fish. This has me really interested and I asked Calvin if he could tell us about SUP fishing, he sent through a great story and some pictures from his trip to Baja California.

Tez has had an epiphany and loves stand up paddle surfing, but has also discovered the lonelyness of the long distance paddle surfer. One of the advantages of the sport is that access to remote off shore breaks is possible with stand up paddle surfing, however it often means you are surfing alone. Does anyone want to join Tez out at Hayling Island ?

We first started researching Werner Paddles when they got in touch with us recently. A quick look around the Werner website and I ended up on the blog reading an amazing story about Dave Collins Stand Up Paddle exploring around Vancouver island. I have been there myself and it is quite hard to express how "wild" it is out there. Bears walk down the beach, Sea Eagles fly above you and Orcas lurk in the depths. You defiantely are not top of the food chain here !

The Ladies surfed in style at this year’s Duke Kahanamoku Ocean Fest. The Stand-Up Paddle Surfing was held August 22nd and 23rd at Queens surf spot in Waikiki. C4 Waterman, Honolua Surf and Blue Planet hosted the Stand-Up events for the men, children (juniors) and women.

On 30th August 2008 Jay Manning, Mark Slater and Stuart Ord-Hume embarked on a mission to circumnavigate the Isle of Sheppey. The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some 38 miles (62 km) to the east of central London. Stuart explains all.

C4 Watermans Dave Parmenter has been waxing lyrical about the current state of the stand up paddle surfing sport.  In an excellent article he debunks myths and corrects mistakes.  Over to Dave: 

It seems the new hybrid sport of stand-up paddling and surfing is getting more popular everyday. That’s great, but so things are moving so fast that it is getting hard to keep up with all the advances. It seems like each day another SUP-oriented business sprouts up, and each seems to have its own ideas about equipment and techniques.